Chapter 1

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Elements of Art

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Are the basic components or building blocks: color,value, line, texture, shape,form and space.

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Principles of Art

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Are the different ways the elements can use in a work of art: balance, emphasis,homony, variety, gradation.

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Unity

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Is the look or feel of wholeness or oneness in a work of art.

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Color

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Is an element made up of three distinct qualities: hue, intensity, and value.

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Intensity

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The quality of brightness or purity.

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Value

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Refers to the hue's lightness or darkness

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Line

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is to refer to is as a continuous mark on some surface by a moving point

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Axis Line

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An imaginary line that is traced through an object or several objects in a picture.

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Texture

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Is the element of art that refers to the way things feel or look as if they might feel if touched.

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Form

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Is an object with three demensions.

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Space

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Can be thought of as a distance or area between, around, above, below or within things.

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Design

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A skillful blend of elements and principles.

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Balance

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Refers to a way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art.

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Emphasis

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or contrast, is the way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements.

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Harmony

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Refers to a way of combining similar elements in an artwork to accent their similarities.

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Variety

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Is a way of combining elements in involved ways to create intricate and complicated relationships.

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Gradation

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Refers to a way of combining elements by using a series of gradual changes in those elements.